Celebrating Change
Rites of Passage can provide the celebrant experiences of separation, challenge, education, acknowledgement, love, acceptance, community and culture. Significant passages experienced by most humans are: birth into the earthly life, puberty, adult to elder and death into the spiritual living. Prominent opportunities for ceremonial rites of passage include births, adoptions, puberty, marriage, divorce, croning, grandmother-grandfather, and elder celebrations. Rites of passage and celebrations at birth, puberty, elder-hood and death are essential. (see Life’s Celebrations)
